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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-6-23, Page 2Some Notes From The Farm Front Of Special Interest To Rural Readers By John Russell Clover and alfalfa seed are bring- ing top prices, and with the world demand running at a high level, farmers are urged to take every possible precaution against crop losses. It takes at least two years to produce a crop, making it all the more important that the great- est possible, yields be obtained, Control of insects attacking these crops is essential. Experiments have proved that the destruction of clover -head caterpillars and weevil in Eastern Canada, and the lugus bug in the west, can mean yield increases running from 25 to 50 per cent. A single application of three per cent DDT dust at from 30 to 35 pounds per acre is usually sufficient. But care should be taken not to treat the crops when blo,sonis are open, for fear of killing bees—nor should DDT be used on crops that are to be used for livestock feed. * * * "Livestock Bruising Costs Mil- lions"—is the startling title of a most interesting pictorial poster which will shortly be circulated by the Dominion and Provincial De- partments of Agriculture acting in cooperation with railways, packing houses, livestock shipping and truck- ing associations and other interest- ed organizations, The poster illustrates right and wrong methods ds of loading, n g, P cont A s, and driving commercial ctal li restock together with some of the damage which results to carcasses when safety measures are not observed, It couples farmers, producers, truck- ers, drovers, processors and packers as links in the marketing chain, and sets out some of the responsibilities of each in eliminating some of the terrific losses due to dead, crippled and bruised animals arriving at the markets. It's a poster that should not only be prominently displayed wherever livestock is handled, but which should be carefully studied by every person at all interested is pigs, cat- tle, or sheep. For more general cir- culation among livestock producers, the same cooperating agencies have prepared a small folder along the sante lines, which will be sent through the nails. Unnecessary wastage of badly -needed foods is not only bad business. Under pre- sent world conditions it's positively criminal. * * * During the months of July, Aug- ust and September—and often for far longer periods — dairy cattle LIFE'S LIKE THAT ills=rout. n -s ' Gee whiz, Mom, do you know what a layout like this would cost you at a pet shop?" r,T.. sutler from the attacks of two coin., mon types of flies. Stable flies, often eoufused with house flies, are one type. llorn flies are the second. These flies congregate on the withers, just behind the rows' shoulders; and it is quite common to find production of milk per cow drop from five to ten pounds a day during the fly season. In a herd of ten cows—at current milk prices -- this means a loss of from $1.50 to $2.00 daily. Multiply this loss by the usual 50 days of the minimum fly period, and it amounts to some- thing impressive, a loss few farm- ers can afford. An easy way of completely over- coming this seasonal loss is through the use of a 50 per cent wettable DDT fornpulation, Directions call for mixing one pound in 10 to 20 gallons of water, and applying the spray mixture at the rate of about one quart per animal. The mixture keeps its effectiveness for quite a long time --but farmers are, remind- ed that ONLY • THE WET- TABLE POWDER FORMULA- TION is suitable for use on farm animals. * * * How Protein Supplements can cut the costs of hog feeding is dem- onstrated in a most conclusive man- ner by a letter sent out under the auspices of The Industrial and De- velopment Pmeat Council l of Canadian Meat Packers, In spite of higher prices prevail- ing for feed grains, some feeders question the economic use of pro- tein supplements in the hog ration, But it has been amply demonstrated by experimental stations and agri- culturaI colleges that when feed is highest in price, such protein sup- plements make their most import- ant saving. Why this should be so is quite easily explained. The stomach of a pig is small. It can digest only limited quantities at a time. It would seem clear, therefore, that if we are to produce a 200 -Ib. hog in six months or less, we must put through the stomach of that animal a combination of foods which con- tain the elements for the growth desired. While it is true that cereal grains contain all those elements, if proper bone and muscle development is to be expected in such a short period it necessitates the addition of extra proteins and minerals, A comparison of the cost of feed- ing the two rations clearly shows the economy of such supplements. For example, using 330 lbs. of grain at 3 cents, plus 45 pounds of the supplement at 4 cents, 100 pounds of live weight gain on a hog costs $11.70. The cost of a straight grain ration, using 600 pounds of grain at 3 cents, would total $18.00—a really worth -while saving. Even with supplement priced as high as 6 cents—and with grain as low as a cent and a half a pound—the figures show that pro- tein supplements should never be co--zlooked. Only by supplying, in t...,,, v proper proportions, those ele- ments that are in short supply in a straight grain ration can we expect to market hogs yielding bacon of the proper quality, type and lean finish so keenly demanded by all our markets, Government and. Commerce Rub Shoulders at Ottawa—From the windows of the Parliament Buildings, familiar annual scene is the arrival of giant booms of logs at the paper stills that line the Quehec shore of the Ottawa River. These logs provide more entplcn•nn•ut and exports than any other ,industry. Attention Russia: No Tlresp& d si .g ° Over in the land of the Soviets they still claim—for home prope- ganda purposes—that Alaska is Russian territory. But the U.S.S.R. could hardly present a legal claim to ownership, as present American tenants have occupied the premises for about 80 years. moving in after Russian builders swarmed over Al- aska for more than a century— writes Les \\'edman in the Van- couver Daily Province. They sold the place for a mere 57,200,000 in 1007, were guests of the U.S. for several years during the Second \Vorll War, but now Washington owners are moving in reinforcements to renovate the pro- perty and posted a No Tresspassiug sign which can be plainly read from the Siberian coast. * * * It was the \\'estern•ncinded czar, Peter, the Great, who launched building plans in Alaska, At that time Spain, France and Britain al- ready had been eyeing the land. Peter said claims without possession were so much hot air and sent Vitus Bering, a Dune in the Russian navy, to investigate "Russian Am- erica." For three years Bering's expedi- tion trekked across 6.000 frozen miles of Siberia, dragging sleds anti supplies all the way. On the fog - choked beaches they built ships and gathered rumors about the land they glimpsed occasionally when the weather cleared. On his first 'voyage in 7728 Ber- ing kept close to the Asiatic coast, but despite his superstitions about being swallowed by sea monsters, he established that a water channel —the Bering Strait—separated Asia and America. * * * In 1711, he broke through the fog and sighted land near the present B.C.-Alaska border, but died on Bering Island aftei a shipwreck. The news got hack to St, Peters - ALL CANADA R-EMEIMBERS DAD 71 A'*pcd FATHER DAY SUNAY JUNE 2.0 burg, where adtenturous Cossacks, their eyes set on treasures, got a charter from Catherine the Great to trade in the new land. The first Russians landed on Attu and were welcomed warmly by the Aleuts, the island's mild, ituelli gent natives. But A Iecu t -Russian solidarity ended when a motive grabbed at a pistol, a weapon he'd never seen before. The armed Rus- sian fired. The Alen ts understood knife cuts, but the endless stream of blood caused by the "thing" was the work of a demon. They seized spears and drove the Rus- sians off, but not for long, * * * Soon more Russians came to the Aleutians to grab up the rich furs of the otter. The Indians --guns jabbed in their backs—were glad to volunteer the labor, The enslave- ment continued un til the otter dis- appeared under ruthless Russian slaughter. I-Ieadquarters then mov- ed to Kiska. It was here that Aleksandr Bar• auov, the most famous Russian in Ala,ka 'history, appeared on the scene. An insignificant Siberian merchant with a ycIlow complexion and teeth to match, he developed the otter hunt to a despotic science, When his rigid routine began tell- ing on the Aleut population, he simply "encouraged" native w•enten to breed more hunters. * * * In 1700 the Czar ordered that the natives he treated kindly or Baran- ov would lose his charter. But the Czar was a long way off, and as his treasury benefitted, he paid little attention to activities in wild Alaska. Baranov moved to Sitka and met Indian resistance. The natives burned the fort to the ground, but were cut down by the Russians who then rebuilt the town, bigger and stronger than ever. The stockade boasted foundries, saw -mills, flour mills and warehouses that bulged with chocolates, spices and liquors, ‘Chen visiting sea captains from Spain and England sailed into Al- askan waters, they were astounded at the splendor in which Baranov entertained then in his castle. They found exquisite paintings, boots, liquors and women from the Rus• sign court, * * * In 1918, money sent to the Czar dwindled to almost nothing, and Baranov was fired. Disgusted and broke, he sailed front Alaska and died a broken man on the Island of Java. In the next 20 years thous- ands of hardy Russian peasants set- tled in Alaska. Their churches and other evidences of their culture still stand in the territory. Baranov's name is perpetuated by a modern hotel in Anchorage—but that's about the only Russian atmo- sphere the U.S. now cares to enter- tain in its backyard, Prone Pilots The United States Air Force is planning a swift war plane to be piloted by a man lying on his stom- ach, In this position he won't tire as quickly as if he were sitting, Nor will he be as likely to lose conscious- ness when executing sudden man- oeuvres. Moreover, the fighter air- craft can be designed to eliminate the present "bubble" canopy over the pilot, and thus preserve the streamlining necessary, in a plane built to surpass the speed of sound, The pilot lying prone would have a system of mirrors and periscopes to enable him to see above and to the rear, Poor Pop Junior: "My father doesn't spank me. He says it hurts him more than it does me," Pal: "My but he's sympatbetiq,v" Junior: "Oh, no it's not that, Be t s rheiamatlsm itt his arms' Fearlri2 TZir eat Souse of the ! spines which occur in China, India and other lands are cans, d by rxceccive rains, plant dos- , uses and •' ought. Another reason is that populations tend to outgrow the acreage and productivity of the soil. The same fate is gradually over- taking the whole world. At our present rate of going there is bound to be a world shortage of food in time. The world population is in- creasing at the rate of 10 million people .per year. Think of 30 million more meals every clay all the year round. Another cause of food shortage is soil erosion, Millions of tons of agricultural products are lost each year through that cause. Soil ero- sitn, is the worst enemy of agricul- ture, and is caused by ruthless "mining" of the earth, destruction of forests and plowing up of prairies. Billions of acres have been lost front these causes. At the pres- ent rate there is less food being produced for more people. Sir John Boyd Orr, the great Scottish food expert, has been an almost lone voice in warning what the outlook is. Some day the nations of the world will have to get to- gether and take steps to stop de- structive practices, 1 chaps the sit- uation ibuation will be helped by scientists who will devise means of staking more food grow on less land. More than 1,200 cars are loaded daily with pulp and paper pro- ducts in Canada. By AL M',SE;NAULT J'm Il shop (lipt ed the ruin at the trw'•h,p• and Fut the =ante reply he always trot. "Plantes a lot, 1\ lister, Vtnt're SUP(' looking good tonight, 'Mold have had a good day at the office," :\ good day at the office! ,lint reflected that it fait' been a long time since it had been a good day at his office. ile knew he was on the rope:, that the ho s was only looking for a good exett•e to fire NM. Then he realized that this newsboy always had given him that sante cheerful thank you every time he bought a paper at this spot. "lley, son, \Chat are you always so cheerful about:" ";Thy not Isa cheerful, Mister?' • t::e boy aclsd s:riously, "Seems like things are going all right most of the time, and even when they aren't I know they'll be getting better in a 'day or so. Ever cince I got this coater, I've mostly had gaud drys, so I figure I ought to be nice to the people that make them that way." "\V1i5' is thisa-t I corner,enc, s n: "'Cause all you people coming out of these buildings mostly buy paper:, and w•I'en you buy papers, : make money. But even if you didn't buy papers, 1 still like to look at all of you because you look like class, 1 want to he class some dry- and conic out of a building like that, 'That's cause enough to be cheerful, isn't it, just wattling to he class?" "I guess you're right, kid," said Jim, and walked on to the parking lot where he kept his car. On the way home lie thought again of his own situation, 'Things hadn't been too good since the new supervisor took oyer•. Jim had thought he was in line for that job. \Viten he hadn't been promoted, it had hurt, had made hint bitter about Isis job, 'l'heu he thought of the newsboy on the corner. Wonder if he w;ts ever bitter, Ile couldn't he, though, Not the way he always acted cheer- ful towards everybody, What did he have to be cheerful about? Just a youngster and selling papers on a corner. Froth the loops of his clothes, he wasn't from even a mid- dle class fancily. 'What was that he said, all the people that bought his papers look like class. lie wants to he class himself-cnneday, "Just wanting to be class is enough to make you cheerful." \\'hen lie got hone, his wile met hint at the door, "Jinn, it's good to see you, How did things go at the nilire today?" "just so-so,,, "Apain? Well, they'll improve. 11u1c diel YOU get along with the supervisor„ "Sante as usual,” The neat night Jim stopped at the ',ante corner to 'pick up his paper. A new boy was 5here, Jim flipped the coin and the boy snapped out with, "Watch il, Mister, 1 got all armful of papers here.' "Where's the other boy?" Jim asked. "Aw, 1 don't know, lIe's got him- self another job, says he's getting elas.s somewhere. Ire was a jerk anyway." "A jerk,'' thought Jim, "a boy that wanted class. He even thought I had class, He figured you could be cheerful because you were try - The newsboy: "Why not be cheer - "al, Mister?" ing to get ahead. Now he's gone up another rung," As he opened the door when he got home, he noticed for the first time that his wife had a worried look when she came to greet him. lie looked at her anxious face, "'Things went fine today, honey, just fine," he said firmly, "You know, I think that new supervisor is all right. Maybe he and I are going to get along. There's a new position cunning up in the metropoli- tan department, and a recommen- dation front hint would help one a lot towards getting it." ",liar, that's good news. I'm so happy clear. 1 knew you'd keep try- ing to get ahead." '1 t isn't getting ahead, darling, it's trying to he classy. That's the thing that makes you cheerful, just wanting to be classy," and he grin- ned down at the startled eyes of his wife. The End A Sinkful "trot long has your wife been away'?" asked the barber, a bit wist- fully, "Olt, about two sets of dishes," replied the seasoned summer wid- ower, mak irlTTfi/8,6'. IfelOFTl11PMZIG THE AGRONOMIST This mart's knowledge has shown the way to a more efficient method of cultivating and growing general farm crops, IIo has helped to make Canada a leader in the production of fine grains. lie is truly a scientist of the soil. Men like this, some of Canada's finest, are . in the service of the public—at your service, DAWES BLACK HORSE BREWERY (0 cries of ddaerlisetnents an tribute to lose Canadians in the service of the public